History DummiedOut / TurnBasedStrategy

** ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia]] has several interesting cases of this.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', some data shows that if Azura was the Female Kana's mother, she was supposed to have different support chats with her depending on the path taken. Similarly, some data states that [[spoiler: in the GoldenPath, Beruka was considered to be a potential wife for Kaden and mother for Selkie.]]

** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', GameShark codes can reveal a combo attack that was meant to be used with the Grungust Type-1 and the Huckebein 008L.

* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' always has a few dummy items/characters. A (mostly) full list can be found [[http://www.serenesforest.net/general/unused.htm here]] -- there are some minor spoilers. Interestingly, some of the plot of the tenth game (''Radiant Dawn'') could be spoiled ahead of time by breaking open the ninth (''Path of Radiance'') -- revealing that [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius the Tellius duology]] had its plot planned from the get-go. The biggest example is that two characters -- [[spoiler: General Zelgius and The Black Knight]] -- have the exact same stats (basically giving away that they're the same person), but you would only be able to see the stats of one of them in normal gameplay, as [[spoiler:Zelgius is in cutscenes only]].

*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GldA26Es_vg At least one song.]] [[HellIsThatNoise Probably for good reason.]]

* ''{{X-COM}}'' features all sorts of stuff in the code of the game, such as an unused Gatling Laser, Alien UFO Components that were not used, a differently-shaped Small Scout UFO, and the ability to generate random [=UFOs=] based on the various major classes of enemy ships. Some of these features can either be hacked into gameplay by [[GameMod XComUtil]].

** Let's not forget the infamous difficulty bug from these two. In the original DOS X-Com, no matter what difficulty you set the game to it would always reset to the easiest. Most people missed it because the game was so hard anyway. In [=TftD=], in response to complaints about Superhuman not being quite hard enough, they made Beginner harder than the original's Superhuman. No one had played on Superhuman before [=TftD=] came out, leading to rumors that the difficulty auto-set to Superhuman.
** ''Apocalypse'' has an unused Research option called ''One Way to Win'', along with several other things like Tracker Guns and Prison Cells for human criminals and organization leaders, and weapons like the Dimension Destablizer. These hint at a far more ambitious game that eventually got smacked with time and budget problems. See [[http://www.strategycore.co.uk/databank/games/x-com-apocalypse/concepts/ this page]] for a list of dummied out items.

*** Hacking discovered that there was a sprite of ''[[Manga/GundamSentinel the Ex-S Gundam]]''. It's theorized that, at one point, Banpresto was going to include ''Gundam Sentinel'' to complete the Universal Century storyline (as the Titan remains would have become the New Desides), but was forced to be cut when Bandai forced them to use ''Gundam SEED''. Later hacking revealed that ''all'' Sentinel units had sprites though no stage sprites were set.
**** This has been debunked, as the Gundam Sentinel units were also found in the code of Alpha 2. What is known about SEED, however, is that it was to include the ability to use Yzak and Dearka in the Freedom and Justice (the cutins and dialogue for these are still in the game), as well as MASS PRODUCED FREEDOMS.

* ''FireEmblem'' always has a few dummy items/characters. A (mostly) full list can be found [[http://www.serenesforest.net/general/unused.htm here]] - there are some minor spoilers. Interestingly, some of the plot of the tenth game (Radiant Dawn) could be spoiled ahead of time by breaking open the ninth (Path of Radiance) - revealing that [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius the Tellius duology]] had it's plot planned from the get-go. The biggest example is that two characters - [[spoiler: General Zelgius and The Black Knight]] - have the exact same stats (basically giving away that they're the same person), but you would only be able to see the stats of one of them in normal gameplay, as [[spoiler: Zelgius is in cutscenes only]].
** It's also possible to use team modification hacks to recruit cutscene versions of characters such as Ike (understandable, because some cutscenes depict him as unarmed - using the real Ike internally wouldn't allow this without changing the player's equipment settings) and, in one silly case, a version of The Black Knight called "MPID_BLACKKNIGHT" - who has different stats. Also, since there are no female Bishops in the game, the female Bishop class is used as a dummy model for characters who only appear in cutscenes, like Elincia, Kurthnaga and Gareth. There's also a cutscene model of an older Sanaki who, unlike the younger version, has a magic casting animation.
* ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2'' was supposed to have a "Transmuter" job for the Nu Mou race, but it was cut out since the game was close to release time and they couldn't afford to delay the game and test the (''very'' complicated) abilities from the job. The job was supposed to let a Nu Mou mix items together to get various effects. Its sprite still exists in the game; the character portrait/avatar is used for the luck stick sellers (showing both player and enemy colors) and the battle sprite can be seen when you start [[BonusDungeon any tower in Brightmoon Tor]] and in some of the auctions. WordOfGod [[http://member.square-enix.com/na/features/ffta2/02/03.php confirms this and they were visibly upset about being forced to cut the job.]]

*** Hacking discovered that there was a sprite of ''[[GundamSentinel the Ex-S Gundam]]''. It's theorized that, at one point, Banpresto was going to include ''Gundam Sentinel'' to complete the Universal Century storyline (as the Titan remains would have become the New Desides), but was forced to be cut when Bandai forced them to use ''Gundam SEED''. Later hacking revealed that ''all'' Sentinel units had sprites though no stage sprites were set.
**** This has been debunked, as the GundamSentinel units were also found in the code of Alpha 2. What is known about SEED, however, is that it was to include the ability to use Yzak and Dearka in the Freedom and Justice (the cutins and dialogue for these are still in the game), as well as MASS PRODUCED FREEDOMS.

*** Hacking discovered that there was a sprite of ''[[GundamSentinel the Ex-S Gundam]]''. It's theorized that, at one point, Banpresto was going to include ''Gundam Sentinel'' to complete the Universal Century storyline (as the Titan remains would have become the New Desides), but was forced to be cut when Bandai forced them to use ''Gundam SEED''.

** In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'', the debug mode revealed a removed attack for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Justice Gundam]], which would of had Athrun self-destructing it. In the end, it was removed and only [[{{Mazinkaiser}} Boss Borot and Million Alpha]] have suicide attacks.

** Downloading the DLC Hanako yields the data for the DLC weapon data for [[SoulNomad Gig]], which is translated, [[NoExportForYou but getting Gig is another problem...]]

* After ''Strategy First'' released the source code to ''JaggedAlliance 2'', many such removed features were revealed, including random airstrikes, weather effects, and a massive attack set to occur in the very early stages of the game. Most of these features were returned to the game in ''[[GameMod Jagged Alliance 2 v1.13]]''.

*** One of the songs removed was "Gattai! Getter Robo", which meant that, at one point, ''GetterRobo'' was meant to have either a brand new song or ''two songs''.

** It's also possible to use team modification hacks to recruit cutscene versions of characters such as Ike (understandable, because some cutscenes depict him as unarmed - using the real Ike internally wouldn't allow this without changing the player's equipment settings) and, in one silly case, a version of The Black Knight called "MPID_BLACKKNIGHT" - who has different stats.

* ''FireEmblem'' always has a few dummy items/characters. A (mostly) full list can be found [[http://www.serenesforest.net/general/unused.htm here]] - there are some minor spoilers. Interestingly, some of the plot of the tenth game (Radiant Dawn) could be spoiled ahead of time by breaking open the ninth (Path of Radiance). The biggest example is that two characters have the exact same stats (basically giving away that they're the same person), but you would only be able to see the stats of one of them in normal gameplay.

* In ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' there is an "Infernal Sword" version of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Yoshitsuna]] that can only be gained via cheating. This is the version that the ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}}'' protagonists can get. The [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity+1]] holy version of the sword is merely called The Divine Sword.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea}} 2'', hackers can find that the Hyperdrive item from ''VideoGame/LaPucelle'' and ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''. It lets you teleport anywhere on the screen; it functions perfectly, it's perfectly translated into English, and it was even moved onto the PSP remake. According to the Doublejump Strategy Guide; when asked; Nippon Ichi and NIS America "have nothing to say on the matter."

** ''Apocalypse'' has an unused Research option called ''One Way to Win'', along with several other things like Tracker Guns and Prison Cells for human criminals and organization leaders, and weapons like the Dimension Destablizer. These hint at a far more ambitious game that eventually got smacked with time and budget problems. See [[http://www.strategycore.co.uk/xcom/pg/apocconcepts this page]] for a list of dummied out items.

** In ''SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', GameShark codes can reveal a combo attack that was meant to be used with the Grungust Type-1 and the Huckebein 008L.

** ''SuperRobotWarsAlpha 3'' has plenty of them.

** In ''SuperRobotWarsJudgement'', the debug mode revealed a removed attack for [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Justice Gundam]], which would of had Athrun self-destructing it. In the end, it was removed and only [[{{Mazinkaiser}} Boss Borot and Million Alpha]] have suicide attacks.

* VideoGame/{{CivilizationCallToPower}} has many leftovers from the early code, including special actions such as Terror Hack or Bomb Cabinet or the Cattle unit.